Dear Hands,

I just sent a long message about our daughter's experiences with RSD, but I'm not sure it got sent. I'll briefly re-state the message just in case. Our daughter was tremendously helped by Dr. David Sherry of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. His waiting list was too long, so we bought his DVD and gave it to a local physical therapist in our (large) city. Dr. Sherry graciously offered to have his staff and him consult with our PT. Our PT put our daughter thru 3.5 gruelling weeks of full-time (9AM - 4PM) physical therapy. Some improvements started after a few days. Dr. Sherry recommended that she not have any pain meds or anesthesia, so our daughter toughed it out on her own. Full function returned by the end of treatment. Her pain decreased during treatment, but didn't fully dissapate until several months later (after her treatment had already ended). About one year has passed and our daughter is symptom-free. Hope this is helpful.